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Images from the following two scopes (piggybacked) contributed to this image:AG12+ASI1600MM at .70 asec/pixTV127is+ASI183MM at .75 asec/pix. They were all registered to the best Ha image taken on the AG12.

Sharpless 2-200, also known as HDW 2 (Hartl-Dengl-Weinberger 2), commonly called the "Bearclaw nebula", is a quite old planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Cassiopeia.According to W. A. Weidmann and R. Gamen, who have examined the central stars of different PNs, the central star of HDW 2 is a binary star.This is a very faint PN and requires a lot of imaging time to bring out any detail.

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